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Regional Act No. 19 setting up the Basin Authority of Puglia.

Country/Territory
Italy
Territorial subdivision
Puglia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2002
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Puglia No. 156, 9 December 2002
Subject
Water
Keyword
River basin institution Policy/planning Basin/catchment/watershed Governance Inland waters
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Abstract

The Act provides for the establishment of the Basin Authority of the Puglia Region, which shall operate in accordance with the principles contained in Act No. 183 of 1989. The Authority shall coordinate and monitor the planning activities relating to all regional hydrographic basins as well as the interregional basin of the river Ofanto. All actions intended to protect, improve, safeguard and ensure the rational exploitation of soil and water resources shall be defined in the basin plans (art. 9).

Full text
Italian
Website
www.regione.puglia.it

References - Legislation

Implements

Act No. 183 concerning the organizational and functional restructuring of land conservation.

Legislation | Italy | 1989

Keyword: Basic legislation, Institution, Classification/declassification, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Policy/planning, River basin institution, EIA, Freshwater resources management, Basin/catchment/watershed, Inland waters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX